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    Fidel Castro In 1959, a rebel, Fidel Castro, overthrew the reign of Fulgencia Batista in Cuba; a small island 90 miles off the Florida coast. There have been many coups and changes of government in the world since then. Few if any have had the effect on Americans and American foreign policy as this one. In 1952, Sergeant Fulgencia Batista staged a successful bloodless coup in Cuba . Batista never really had any cooperation and rarely garnered much support. His reign was marked

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    dictators of these irreverent countries, disagreements that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. The most recent of these confrontations involved three countries. United States of America, Cuba and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR). Fidel Castro is a Cuban revolutionary, who took control of Cuba in 1959 and established a Communist dictatorship. Castro, who was born in Mayari, became the leader of an underground, anti-government

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    Fidel Castro: The Clown of Cuba

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    Current leader and dictator of Cuba, Fidel Castro, was born on August 13, 1926 in Biran Cuba. As a child, Fidel Castro had a good life because his father was very wealthy. His fathers name was Angel Castro. He was very wealthy because he owned plantations and lands. Additionally, he was originally from Spain but then moved to Cuba. Angel Castro married to Lina Gonzalez. Fidel Castro had one brother named Raul Castro. Fidel And Raul always had a special bond between their brother relationship therefore

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    Cuba Project: Fidel Castro Fidel Castro was born on August 13, 1926 near Biran, Cuba. He was born into a wealthy family. As a kid he was more interested in sports than school but was intellectually gifted. Castro attended the University of Havana and studied law. Around this time he started to focus on politics. Fidel married Mirta Diaz Balart and had one son. Batista successfully overthrew the government and declared himself a dictator in 1952. Castro and 150 others attacked the Moncada military

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    Fidel Castro Legacy

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    THE COMPLICATED LEGACY OF CUBA’S FIDEL CASTRO For almost five decades, Communist revolutionary Fidel Castro ruled over the island country of Cuba and bedeviled United States presidents who viewed his regime as oppressive and a threat to freedom in the Western world. Under his leadership, Castro made a Caribbean country of 11 million people a major player in modern 20th century politics and became an icon for revolutionaries in Latin America and around the world. As news broke of Castro’s death

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    Fidel Castro Throughout history, when you look back, you find many countries that fall under a control that turns things in an opposite direction of where they were pointed. In Cuba, this was under Prime Minister, Fidel Castro. Born on August 13, 1926 in the wedlock at his father’s farm, Castro would live here until age 8 when he would go live with his teacher. He was not well behaved, and would find himself traveling in out of different schools. He did not excel academically and found his place

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    On January 8th, 1959, Fidel Castro and his rebel army marched triumphantly into Havana, Cuba, having overthrown corrupt dictator Fulgencio Batista the week earlier. It was the fruition of the Cuban Revolution, and the dramatic shift in power was about to radically alter the country’s political, social and economic course forever. The positive and negative effects of the revolution on the Cuban people, however, as well as the condition of Cuba’s economy pre and post-revolution, is subject to heated

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    Fidel Castro a Hero or Villain The time of the Cuban Revolution was a great deal of turmoil, not just in Cuba but in almost every corner of the world. It was 1945, shortly after the end of World War Two, the Cold War was taking off between the United States and the Soviet Union. Cuba, in the middle of its own war, was caught up in the international politics of the Cold War. The interaction between international and domestic politics played a major role in the outcome of the revolution. The result

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    One of the most recent global news that has had a personal impact on me and has made me more open to the concept of possibly having a better government in Cuba, is the death of Fidel Castro. The death of Fidel Castro was a shocking event to me and many Cubans. This was a man who entered office after the removal of the authoritarian government of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. Castro promised the Cuban people equality, financial stability, and many other things. Instead, under his years in office

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    will be writing about is Fidel Alejandro Castro. He was born August 13th 1926 and studied law at the university of Havana. He served as the prime minister of the republic of Cuba and then later became the president around 1976. In between this time he also served as a Cuban politician and revolutionary. Even before his years of presidency Fidel still proved to be a worthy leader participating in rebellions against governments in the Dominican Republic and Colombia. Fidel Castro first attempted

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